Behold

Word BEHOLD
Character 6
Hyphenation be hold
Pronunciations /bɪˈhəʊld/

Definitions and meanings of "Behold"

What do we mean by behold?

To see, look upon, or gaze at: synonym: see. intransitive verb

Used in the imperative for the purpose of calling attention. intransitive verb

In astrology, to cast (an aspect).

To hold by; keep; retain.

To hold; keep; observe (a command).

To hold in view; fix the eyes upon; look at; see with attention; observe with care.

Synonyms Observe, Witness, etc. (see see); look upon, consider, eye, view, survey, contemplate, regard.

To look; direct the eyes to an object; view; see: in a physical sense.

To fix the attention upon an object; attend; direct or fix the mind: in this sense used chiefly in the imperative, being frequently little more than an exclamation calling attention, or expressive of wonder, admiration, and the like.

To feel obliged or bound.

To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes. transitive verb

To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see. intransitive verb

To see, or to look at. verb

See with attention verb

To see or look at, esp. appreciatively; to descry, look upon.

To look.

To contemplate.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Behold

The word "behold" in example sentences

"Until we reach Melzarr," he had said with passion to the two gentlemen, -- "until I can stand before my Master and behold him embrace his son -- _behold_ him -- I implore that I may not lose sight of him night or day. ❋ Frances Hodgson Burnett (1886)

For this purpose I will preserve my life: to execute this dear revenge, will I again behold the sun, and tread the green herbage of earth, which otherwise should vanish from my eyes for ever. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He accepts it and, lo and behold, is still an ID proponent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shows that would not stand up to watching again – behold my sadness. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But, as we were going out from him we saw a ruinous hut behind his house and going in behold, we found the black standing there. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I saw signs of newly dug graves, and then I imagined to myself, "O God, he has been buried, and I shall never again behold him!" ❋ Unknown (1903)

So I came near enough to the surface to view the dark alleys, the narrow streets, the dark, brick walls of houses huddled together, and I longed to fly from them and again behold the beautiful country; but I was compelled to linger in each city and visit hundreds of places of which I had heard but had never seen – every garret, cellar, workshop or workroom in which poor half-paid working women toiled. ❋ Unknown (1870)

Beautiful to behold is a fair young female in the soft slumber of health and innocence, but far more beautiful when startled to consciousness from her gentle rest, and bright colours chase one another across her cheeks and bosom. ❋ Unknown (1844)

I. Piere Savetier, behold, is from France just arriv'd, ❋ Unknown (1793)

I wish they may hatch it themselves! but it is one of that unlucky hue which has so often been addled; in short, behold another secret expedition. ❋ Horace Walpole (1757)

I did this for a marketing class about 4 years ago and we all agreed it was the the thing of the future my disc would also hold a movie so that all you had to do was bring it to your video place and download what ever movie you wanted, played back was 3 times and then it would delete the movie so it was ready for another and now low in behold it is coming true!! ❋ Unknown (2008)

5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. ❋ Unknown (1721)

"[T] hrilling to behold" is probably the money quote from the LA Weekly's Scott Foundas, but of course, the read's far richer than poster graffiti: "Zodiac is the sort of vast, richly involving pop epic that Hollywood largely seems incapable of making anymore, so it's little surprise that [David] Fincher's influences derive from an earlier era of American film .... ❋ Unknown (2007)

None may fare hither be he man or be he Jinni, and from Hind hither is a journey of an hundred and twenty years: wherefore do thou hold that thou wilt never again behold the land of thy father and thy mother; so abide with me here, in contentment of heart and peace, and I will bring to thy hands whatso thou seekest.’ ❋ Unknown (2006)

Thus a political mandate will be compounded by an uneconomic one—in other words, behold the soul of ObamaCare. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Like Gastonny, Wijaya has a photo-realistic style, but he does a good job making it more fluid than you might expect, and his bloody fight scene at the end of the issue is horrific to behold, which is kind of the point. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She was one of those charming beings who are irresistibly attractive -- whom to behold is to love, and whose presence "clothes the meanest thing in light." ❋ John Turvill Adams (N/A)

I think it was that that upset our calmness, and seemed to put us into a sort of silly dream that made us not see what idiots we were to hurry off from scenes we should never again behold. ❋ Edith (1925)

Behold thou it is our custom with our Sekhtis; witnesses come with them; behold, that is our custom. ❋ Unknown (1897)

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